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Essay / Where do humans come from? Based on the literal meaning...
One of the most frequently asked questions in anthropology is: “Where did humans come from?” There are many answers to this question such as: “Aliens”; “The Primordial Soup”; “An intelligent designer”; or a mixture of those listed. However, the two predominant theories are literal creationism and theistic evolution. Literal creationism is the literal twenty-four hour, six day view of creation. Theistic evolution is the theory that God created the fundamental framework for humans and creatures to live, and then the evolutionary process took over to form life. **Explain how the newspaper defends literal creationism**In the first book and chapter of the Bible, Genesis 1, gives an account of a literal view of Creation over twenty-four hours and six days. It states that God formed the heavens and the earth ex nihilo, meaning “out of nothing,” in six days. He then rested on the seventh day. However, one question remains: is the Word of God inerrant? Archaeological excavations have proven that the Bible is reliable. These excavations uncovered evidence pre-recorded in the Bible. For example: the Bible says that Noah's ark rested on top of Mount Ararat; It is with this in mind that archaeologists recently discovered the Ark at the top of the same mountain. Regarding this evidence, Paul, an apostle of God, wrote Romans 1:20 which states: “For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been done, so that they are without excuse. This verse says that God's divine qualities have been seen. Those with a nonpartisan perspective know that the creation of the world is too complex for chance to have created everything. The odds of fair...... middle of paper......, Arkansas: Master Books, 2010.Strobel, Lee. The case of Christ. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1998. Strobel, Lee. The case of a creator. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2005. Borel, Émile. Probability and Life. Paris, France: Presses Universitaires de France, 1967. Borel, Émile. Probability and certainty. Paris, France: Presses Universitaires de France, 1956. Ham, Ken. “Is the Bible proof.” Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham. January 28, 2014. Answers in Genesis. March 26, 2014. “Explaining the Creation/Evolution Controversy.” Perspectives on theistic evolution. 2002. Perspectives on theistic evolution. March 26. 2014 .